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Frugal Living is a Simple Way
of Living and Crucial to Homesteading
What is Frugal Living?
The frugal life means learning to live simply, and rediscovering the wealth of the humble existence.
It's re-evaluating your life, and realizing what the bare essentials truly are.
It's not just budgeting your money, you'll find it's also learning to manage your time as well. It means taking stock of your life, and learning to eliminate the unimportant things.
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Visit Frugal Living Tips to learn how to lead a less wasteful lifestyle without debt, and still be able to enjoy all the good things that life has to offer.
It's a Way of Life
Ever wondered why diet plans don't work? For most people, dieting means starving yourself until you reach your desired goal.
Then once you're there (or at least close to being there), you go back to your old ways of eating.
Then the weight piles back on. Not only that, but you now probably weigh a little more than before.
So it is with your money. Depriving yourself financially may work for a little while, but in the end you'll be right back where you started from - or worse.
Far better to look at thriftiness as a way of life.
My husband and I have lived on a single income since soon after our marriage in 1992. My husband has worked primarily as a carpenter.
Our income has always been small. Some would consider what we live on to be shockingly meager.
And yet, in the last sixteen years, we have become completely debt free.
We have no mortgage and no car payments.
In addition, we have adopted three children without going into debt. One adoption cost us more than thirty thousand dollars.
We have always had money in the bank, and currently, we have enough food in our home to live on for the next year.
Unlike the large majority of people in the United States and throughout the world, we have never lived from paycheck to paycheck.
How Did We Do It?
We continually practice frugality. I have learned to raise part of our food through organic gardening and I've learned to put up the produce we've raised through methods such as canning, freezing and dehydrating.
We've learned to ban fast food from our lives and to eat whole, complete foods that truly provide nutrition.
We have become self-reliant, learning to make it ourselves instead of running to the store or mall.
We realized that by getting rid of the clutter in our lives, we can have a wealth of both space and time.
And finally, we are learning to practice generosity. We believe that when we bless others, God blesses us in return.
Life on the Homestead
We now live on five acres with our three children. We have five goats and a whole bunch of chickens.
We are learning to live the self-reliant life. We buy in bulk when things are on sale.
We're learning the value of staying put, right at home instead of spending all our time in the car.
We make things ourselves and save a ton of money.
You can do it too. Stick with me, and we'll make it work together!
Other Links
Why raising chickens are a valuable way of practicing low-cost, non-wasteful living.
How to get more done in less time.
Your budget is a crucial part of successful homesteading.
Great tips for cutting grocery costs.
Great ways to cut down on summer utility costs.
Learn why managing your time is as important as managing your money.
Ten great reasons to skip the fast food and cook at home instead.
Get rid of the clutter in your life for a safer, saner and more efficient homestead.
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